Townships
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area Baile in Scottish Gaelic means ‘settlement’, ‘farm’ […]
Old Placenames
A look into the interesting history and meaning of placenames around the Kyle of Sutherland area.
Islands
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area Between Lubcroy and Allt Loch Craggie, in
Fire
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The river Evelix, from the Scottish Gaelic
Marshall, Paul and Donald
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area Loch Mhic Mharsaill probably contains the name
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Turns and Bends
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The meandering course of our rivers, creating
Bonar and Creich
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The origins of the name of Creich
The land of the Norse settlers
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area Some place names of Norse (Viking) origin
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Of old men and noses
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area Scottish Gaelic place names often link geographical
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More than one ‘Amat’
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The name Amat (Amot 1561, Almet 1643)
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Sir Walter’s forest
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The vast hunting grounds of Freevater, west of Alladale,
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